From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 2 10:52:23 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E273C16A41B; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:52:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E03F13C48E; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:52:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4C75E2219D14; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:33:58 +1000 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <46B1B31600008C75E5B3A6@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCF421B2926; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:33:58 +1000 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00532219CC6; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:33:56 +1000 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 02F6E226; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:33:47 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:33:47 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Doug Barton , FreeBSD Current , FreeBSD Stable Message-ID: <20070802103347.GA1393@k7.mavetju> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Doug Barton , FreeBSD Current , FreeBSD Stable References: <46B1AC75.9060907@FreeBSD.org> <20070802103459.GI59008@menantico.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070802103459.GI59008@menantico.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:18:22 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: named.conf restored to hint zone for the root by default X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:52:24 -0000 On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 06:34:59AM -0400, Skip Ford wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > In an effort to find some kind of balance (I won't even try to say > > "consensus") between those who hate the idea of slaving the root > > zones, those who like the idea but don't want it to be the default, > > and those who like the idea, I've made the following change: > > > > 1. Change the default behavior back to using a hint zone for the root. > > 2. Leave the root slave zone config as a commented out example. > > 3. Remove the B and F root servers from the example at the request of > > their operators. > > > > I hope that we can now dial down the volume on the meta-issue of how > > the change was done, and focus on the operational issues of whether > > it's a good idea or not. > > Thanks. I'm afraid the consensus has to come from the operators, > not from FreeBSD folks. > > If the operators were required to support it, I think everyone > should slave the roots, not just those running busy servers. Just > like I'd think everyone should sync with stratum-1 servers if > those operators supported everyone doing that. pool.root-servers.net sounds like a good idea :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/